This Website is a collection of pentatonic songs and compositions, or those using only do, re, mi, so and la.

It is believed by many theorists that a beginning music student profits by instruction which is limited to these five tones of the scale.

Some piano teachers have beginners play in the pentatonic mode of F#, in which do, re, mi, so and la fall on the five black keys.

This Website is therefore dedicated to assisting music teachers, classroom teachers, recreational leaders, and other persons involved in music education.

Every effort was made to find materials which help serve such needs.



BEGINNERS

Songs using a small range

Activities involving pitch only

Activities involving rhythm only


GROSS MOTOR ACTIVITY

Action songs: songs which are sung while making motions, but standing in the same place

Singing games played in a circle

Singing games not played in a circle


DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS

Afro-American songs

Native American songs

Spanish songs


CONTRAPUNTAL

Quodlibets: two or more songs which could be sung simultaneously

Ostinato: songs or compositions in which one voice repeats a figure throughout

Rounds


SONGS FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES

Dialogue Songs

Pantomime songs

Christmas

Seasonal

Secular pattern songs: songs in which only one or a few words change in each stanza

Piggyback songs: new lyrics to familiar melodies


COMPOSED VOCAL MUSIC

Classroom vocal

Operatic excerpts

Popular songs

Listening: compositions which will usually require recordings, but which could serve for listening purposes


COMPOSED INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

String Compositions

Woodwind and Brass Compositions

Piano Compositions--Instructional

Piano Compositions--Advanced

Recorder Music

Folk Song Arrangements: Instrumental compositions based on folk songs


RELIGIOUS SONGS

Sacred pattern songs: songs in which only one or a few words change in each stanza

Family songs: songs in which only the words "father," "mother," "sister," "brother," "preacher," "elder," and "deacon" change in each stanza

Hymns About Heaven

Biblical songs: songs about particular Bible stories



OFF THE BEATEN PATH

Song analysis

Fun activities

Picture books: easy children's books which are not necessarily written for music instruction, but could be applied for that purpose

Bird songs: those which are playable on the recorder or pre-recorder have been selected.

Ring Cycle motifs: selection of pentatonic motifs from Das Rheingold, Die Walkure, Siegfried, and Gotterdammerung

Musical dice games: chance music as a student composition exerciseBugle calls: can be applied for a wide variety of purposes


BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bibliography: full listings for references given on the above Web pages


If you have any comments, questions, or

suggested additions to the collection,

or if you are a composer or arranger who would like to get recognized,

drop me a line.

This Website is a collection of pentatonic songs and compositions, or those using only do, re, mi, so and la.

It is believed by many theorists that a beginning music student profits by instruction which is limited to these five tones of the scale.

Some piano teachers have beginners play in the pentatonic mode of F#, in which do, re, mi, so and la fall on the five black keys.

This Website is therefore dedicated to assisting music teachers, classroom teachers, recreational leaders, and other persons involved in music education.

Every effort was made to find materials which help serve such needs.



BEGINNERS

Songs using a small range

Activities involving pitch only

Activities involving rhythm only


GROSS MOTOR ACTIVITY

Action songs: songs which are sung while making motions, but standing in the same place

Singing games played in a circle

Singing games not played in a circle


DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS

Afro-American songs

Native American songs

Spanish songs


CONTRAPUNTAL

Quodlibets: two or more songs which could be sung simultaneously

Ostinato: songs or compositions in which one voice repeats a figure throughout

Rounds


SONGS FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES

Dialogue Songs

Pantomime songs

Christmas

Seasonal

Secular pattern songs: songs in which only one or a few words change in each stanza

Piggyback songs: new lyrics to familiar melodies


COMPOSED VOCAL MUSIC

Classroom vocal

Operatic excerpts

Popular songs

Listening: compositions which will usually require recordings, but which could serve for listening purposes


COMPOSED INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

String Compositions

Woodwind and Brass Compositions

Piano Compositions--Instructional

Piano Compositions--Advanced

Recorder Music

Folk Song Arrangements: Instrumental compositions based on folk songs


RELIGIOUS SONGS

Sacred pattern songs: songs in which only one or a few words change in each stanza

Family songs: songs in which only the words "father," "mother," "sister," "brother," "preacher," "elder," and "deacon" change in each stanza

Hymns About Heaven

Biblical songs: songs about particular Bible stories



OFF THE BEATEN PATH

Song analysis

Fun activities

Picture books: easy children's books which are not necessarily written for music instruction, but could be applied for that purpose

Bird songs: those which are playable on the recorder or pre-recorder have been selected.

Ring Cycle motifs: selection of pentatonic motifs from Das Rheingold, Die Walkure, Siegfried, and Gotterdammerung

Musical dice games: chance music as a student composition exerciseBugle calls: can be applied for a wide variety of purposes


BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bibliography: full listings for references given on the above Web pages


If you have any comments, questions, or

suggested additions to the collection,

or if you are a composer or arranger who would like to get recognized,

drop me a line.

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